Gum Springs, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71923. It stands on Little Deceiper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arkadelphia quadrangle. 91 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGum Springs fell from 120 to 91 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 120 | |
| 2020 | 91 | -29 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Gum Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 403 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | CLA2285712 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gum Springs: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Arkadelphia Smelter | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Robert P Patterson Plant | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Arkadelphia Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gum Springs in 3 storm reports in 1994: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gum Springs | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Gum Springs | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Gum Springs | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richwoods | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Central | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Midway | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Arkadelphia | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Daleville | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Curtis | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hearn (historical) | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Knoxville | 6.3 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Gum Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2663791 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77091. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





